The long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, built in the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the last remaining wonder of the ancient world, is finally opening its doors.
Located on a 120-acre site twice the size of the Louvre Museum in France, it will display between 70,000 and 100,000 objects. These include previously unseen treasures from the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun.
Announced in 2002 and originally planned to open in 2012, the museum has been delayed numerous times due to cost overruns, political turmoil, the Covid-19 pandemic, and regional conflicts.
Tutankhamun’s homecoming
The forgotten tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922 by British Egyptologist Howard Carter. The tomb has fascinated people ever since. After traveling around cities around the world for decades, the treasures from the tomb, including his golden mask, throne, and more than 5,000 other treasures buried with him, will now be fully displayed for the first time. Most of these artifacts will be seen for the first time.
Prof. Ikram says, “It will be wonderful to have Tutankhamun’s tomb in one place.”
